Table 2. Bivariate analysis of factors associated with childhood diarrhea in Cambodia, 2014 (n=2,828).
| Variables | Number | Diarrhea
% |
COR | 95% CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2828 | 16.44 | 14.72-18.31 | ||
| Maternal age (years) | 2828 | N/A | 0.82 | 0.73-0.92 | <0.001 |
| Maternal education | 0.681 | ||||
| Literate | 2462 | 16.29 | 1 | ||
| Illiterate | 366 | 17.46 | 1.09 | 0.73-1.62 | |
| Maternal occupation | 0.007 | ||||
| Employed | 2124 | 15.00 | 1 | ||
| Unemployed | 704 | 20.78 | 1.49 | 1.11-1.98 | |
|
Mother’s knowledge of oral
rehydration salts |
0.481 | ||||
| Good | 2717 | 16.61 | 1 | ||
| Poor | 111 | 12.21 | 0.69 | 0.25-1.90 | |
| Mother’s exposure to media | 0.502 | ||||
| Yes | 1808 | 15.99 | 1 | ||
| No | 1020 | 17.23 | 1.09 | 0.84-1.42 | |
| Child’s age (months) | 2828 | N/A | 0.83 | 0.75-0.92 | <0.001 |
| Child’s sex | 0.075 | ||||
| Female | 1381 | 14.86 | 1 | ||
| Male | 1448 | 17.94 | 1.25 | 0.97-1.61 | |
| Breastfeeding status | 0.268 | ||||
| Ever | 2720 | 16.64 | 1 | ||
| Never | 108 | 11.42 | 0.64 | 0.29-1.40 | |
| Deworming | 0.504 | ||||
| Yes | 1686 | 16.91 | 1 | ||
| No | 1142 | 15.75 | 0.91 | 0.71-1.17 | |
| Vaccination | 0.232 | ||||
| Ever | 623 | 14.44 | 1 | ||
| Never | 2205 | 17.00 | 1.21 | 0.88-1.66 | |
| Residence | 0.561 | ||||
| Urban | 449 | 15.39 | 1 | ||
| Rural | 2379 | 16.64 | 1.10 | 0.80-1.50 | |
| Region | 0.203 | ||||
| Coastal and Sea | 169 | 12.36 | 1 | ||
| Tonle Sap | 942 | 15.55 | 1.31 | 0.82-2.07 | |
| Central Plain | 1245 | 16.92 | 1.44 | 0.92-2.25 | |
| Plateau and Mountains | 472 | 18.40 | 1.60 | 1.02-2.51 | |
|
Number of household
members |
0.095 | ||||
| >4 | 1859 | 15.38 | 1 | ||
| 1–4 | 969 | 18.47 | 1.25 | 0.96- 1.62 | |
| Wealth index | 0.128 | ||||
| Richest | 590 | 14.44 | 1 | ||
| Richer | 493 | 17.40 | 1.25 | 0.82-1.90 | |
| Middle | 550 | 14.65 | 1.02 | 0.67-1.55 | |
| Poorer | 523 | 14.50 | 1.00 | 0.67-1.50 | |
| Poorest | 672 | 20.46 | 1.52 | 1.03-2.26 | |
|
Drinking water during dry
season |
0.065 | ||||
| Improved | 1745 | 15.12 | 1 | ||
| Unimproved | 1083 | 18.56 | 1.28 | 0.98-1.66 | |
|
Drinking water during wet
season |
0.676 | ||||
| Improved | 2320 | 16.27 | 1 | ||
| Unimproved | 508 | 17.22 | 1.07 | 0.78-1.48 | |
|
Same source of drinking water
during wet and dry season |
0.161 | ||||
| Same | 1955 | 15.56 | 1 | ||
| Different | 873 | 18.40 | 1.22 | 0.92-1.62 | |
| Treating water to drink | 0.139 | ||||
| Yes, always | 1529 | 15.28 | 1 | ||
| No | 1299 | 17.81 | 1.20 | 0.94-1.53 | |
| Toilet facility | 0.013 | ||||
| Improved | 1189 | 13.61 | 1 | ||
| Unimproved | 1640 | 18.49 | 1.20 | 1.04-1.39 | |
| Hygiene | 0.995 | ||||
| Adequate | 1923 | 16.44 | 1 | ||
| Inadequate | 905 | 16.43 | 0.99 | 0.74-1.34 | |
| Disposal of children’s stool | 0.020 | ||||
| Sanitary | 1987 | 14.99 | 1 | ||
| Unsanitary | 841 | 19.85 | 1.40 | 1.05-1.87 |
COR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.